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SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

polizzicraig Hated this movie Saw it because of the high rating in the paper (5 stars) thought must be an awesome movie. In actual fact I hated this drab, hated the story, hated everything about it and wish I had never seen it The acting on the other hand is superb Still hated it

richardmeadfsu Short and sweet: Capote is a stark and perfectly visualized work that highlights film's most underrated actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, in all of his character-actor glory.I love this film for two reasons mainly: Hoffman's literally perfect performance in his portrayal of a complex journalist, Truman Capote, and the (also) perfect cinematography and editing. This is a bleak and mature picture that takes its audience as smart individuals who can make decisions on their opinion on characters by themselves. Each actor gives a very human performance, which is refreshing.The only thing that stops this from being a 10/10 is it does tend to drag a bit in certain spots, and I believe a good 15 minutes could have been trimmed from the run time. But, in the same breathe, I can see others defending that the extra time (used primarily to show Capote's personal life) lends to character depth.All in all, great film that primarily services the film snob, which is OK with me.

Matt McCann As I scroll through the other user reviews what I notice is that the ones that disliked the film all claim that it was "boring". That's fair, if you haven't read 'In Cold Blood', I suppose. The first time I watched this, I fell asleep during it because I was just unable to follow. But then I read the book, one that is considered a great piece of American literature. Watching the film a second time was a much different experience. I hung on every word that Capote had to say in wonder and excitement. The way the film depicts Capote's process as he does his work and how he relates to Perry, it's truly fascinating. This film has provided me with further appreciation for the novel 'In Cold Blood' as it reveals insightful details about Capotes point of view regarding the true story. I recommend this film to everyone who has read 'In Cold Blood'. I would also encourage those who found it boring to watch the film again after first reading the novel the film is about.

clang-40380 Coming from somebody who read In Cold Blood, the book based on this movie (Capote) I thought it was well directed in that I found it extremely accurate in terms of story line and what actually occurred in 1959. It was certainly an informative movie as well as an entertaining one. This movie illustrates the relationship Capote had with the two murders and how much his novel meant to him. A lot of the movie highlights how much time and care he took when gathering the information for his novel in order to make sure he got the story right and served both Dick and Perry justice. I would certainly not call this movie boring if that is a concern of yours, I recommend it to anybody, but be aware that it is graphic if that is something you are not comfortable watching. Other than that this movie was a success in my opinion as well as excellently casted and produced.